title: Sectioning a luxated intraocular lens inside the vitreous cavity.
abstract: We describe a new technique for sectioning an intraocular lens (IOL) inside the vitreous cavity. The IOL had a broken haptic and was accidentally luxated after a complicated cataract surgery with posterior capsule rupture. The primary indication to cut the IOL in half inside the vitreous cavity is to preserve the anterior capsule integrity, especially in a small-sized capsulotomy, allowing subsequent implantation of a new IOL in the sulcus with the optical zone captured in the capsulorhexis.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Section, Hospital de l'Esperança, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vilaplana
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pazos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D057866:Anterior Capsule of the Lens / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D060437:Artificial Lens Implant Migration / Q000601:surgery*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D058450:Endotamponade; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology*